Welcome to the Cohoes Administrative Council Meeting!

Monday, January 11, 2010

Agenda - Using Technology to Improve Student Learning & Achievement

1. Introductions
Facilitators:
Denise Graminski - Assistant Director, NERIC



Mike Sylofski - Managing Coordinator - E-Learning, NERIC

Mike

2. Group Activity:
Describe a Learning Activity from your school building that you consider an excellent example of the effective integration of technology into curriculum - and how it impacted student learning and achievement.

Examples:




3. Review National Education Technology Standards (NETS)

• For Students (2007) - NETS*S: http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/2007Standards/NETS_for_Students_2007_Standards.pdf
• For Teachers (2008) - NETS*T: http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_T_Standards_Final.pdf
• For Administrators (2009) - NETS*A: http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForAdministrators/2009Standards/NETS-A_2009.pdf

"Old" NETS vs "New" NETS for Students - Tools versus Outcomes

• 1998 NETS for Students: http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/1998Standards/NETS_for_Students_1998_Standards.pdf

Alignment with P21 Standards
21ST CENTURY STUDENT OUTCOMES:
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=254&Itemid=120
The elements described in this section are the skills, knowledge and expertise students should master to succeed in work and life in the 21st century.

Information, Media and Technology Skills
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=120
People in the 21st century live in a technology and media-suffused environment, marked by various characteristics, including: 1) access to an abundance of information, 2) rapid changes in technology tools, and 3) the ability to collaborate and make individual contributions on an unprecedented scale. To be effective in the 21st century, citizens and workers must be able to exhibit a range of functional and critical thinking skills related to information, media and technology.

ICT Literacy Maps http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=120

21st Century Learning Skills for Information, Communication and Media Literacy
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/images/stories/matrices/ictmap_math.pdf
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/images/stories/matrices/ictmap_english.pdf


4. Small Group Breakout Activity:

• How are you currently using technology in your role as leader?
• How could you model using technology in your role as leader (consistent with NETS*A)?

5. "The Networked Student" (time permitting):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwM4ieFOotA

http://www.slate.com/id/2239560/pagenum/all/#p2


6. Wrap-up and discussion about District Technology Committee